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encyclopedia

/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpidi.ə/noun6 syllables

Encyclopedia means: a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.

Synonyms for encyclopedia3

noun, as in a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, cyclopaedia

What does encyclopedia mean?1

noun

1

a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with encyclopedia?2

three syllables

media

five syllables

multimedia
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Encyclopedia in a sentence

  • He is, so to speak, a walking encyclopedia.unknown
  • He is, as they say, a walking encyclopedia.Eldad
  • A revised edition of the encyclopedia was published.CM
  • I want to leave my name on the encyclopedia.FishlandicFishy
  • This encyclopedia is beyond the reach of an ordinary student.papabear
  • Wikipedia is a free multilingual encyclopedia edited collaboratively.Adelpa
  • He is what is called a walking encyclopedia.shanghainese
  • Wikipedia is roughly as reliable as any encyclopedia.rul

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of encyclopedia

as a noun

plural
encyclopedias